News & Events of 1990...

News & Events of 1990...

World Events

Fauvist movement in painting begins, led by Henri Matisse.

Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams.

In China, the anti-foreigner Boxers occupy Beijing. International force ends both the siege and the Boxer Rebellion.

U.S. Events

Hurricane ravages Galveston, Tex.; 6,000 – 8,000 dead. Background: U.S. Hurricanes

Carrie Chapman Catt succeeds Susan B. Anthony as president of National Woman Suffrage Association.

Economics

Unemployment:   5.0%

Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02

Sports 

Stanley Cup

Montreal Shamrocks

Wimbledon

Women: Blanche Hillyard d. C. Cooper (4-6 6-4 6-4)

Men: Reggie Doherty d. S. Smith (6-8 6-3 6-1 6-2)

Kentucky Derby Champion

Lieut. Gibson

NCAA Football Champions

Yale (12-0-0)

1900 Summer Olympics

Entertainment

Events

Floradora opens at Broadway's Casino Theatre. It introduces the Floradora sextet, a predecessor to the chorus line.

Science

German physicist Max Planck formulates an energy theory, postulating the existence of "quanta," which lays the groundwork for the quantum theory of modern physics.